3-phase controlled rectifier

The three-phase thyristor-controlled rectifier shown below is connected to a balanced three-phase AC source. Determine the minimum value of the firing angle for which the current through the resistor $R$ becomes discontinuous. Also, determine the average voltage across R for this firing angle.
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from IPython.display import Image
Image(filename =r'controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_fig_1.png', width=450)
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# run this cell to view the circuit file.
%pycat controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_orig.in

We now replace the strings such as \$alpha with the values of our choice by running the python script given below. It takes an existing circuit file controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_orig.in and produces a new circuit file controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in, after replacing \$alpha (etc) with values of our choice.

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import gseim_calc as calc
import numpy as np

s_R = "10"
s_alpha = "80" # to be changed by user

VL = 400.0
A_sin = VL*np.sqrt(2/3)

s_A_sin = ("%11.4E"%(A_sin)).strip()

l = [
  ('$R', s_R),
  ('$alpha', s_alpha),
  ('$A_sin', s_A_sin),
]
calc.replace_strings_1("controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_orig.in", "controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in", l)
print('controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in is ready for execution')

controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in is ready for execution
Execute the following cell to run GSEIM on controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in.
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import os
import dos_unix
# uncomment for windows:
#dos_unix.d2u("controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in")
os.system('run_gseim controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in')

get_lib_elements: filename gseim_aux/xbe.aux
get_lib_elements: filename gseim_aux/ebe.aux
Circuit: filename = controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in
Circuit: n_xbeu_vr = 6
Circuit: n_ebeu_nd = 6
main: i_solve = 0
main: calling solve_trns
Transient simulation starts...
i=0
i=1000
i=2000
i=3000
solve_trns_exc completed.
GSEIM: Program completed.
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0

The circuit file (controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in) is created in the same directory as that used for launching Jupyter notebook. The last step (i.e., running GSEIM on controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in) creates data files called controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_1.dat, etc. in the same directory. We can now use the python code below to compute/plot the various quantities of interest.

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import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
import gseim_calc as calc
from setsize import set_size

f_hz = 50.0
T = 1.0/f_hz

slv = calc.slv("controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in")

i_slv = 0
i_out = 1
filename = slv.l_filename_all[i_slv][i_out]
print('filename:', filename)
u1 = np.loadtxt(filename)
t1 = u1[:, 0]

col_v_o = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"v_o")
col_Vab = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"Vab")
col_Vbc = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"Vbc")
col_Vca = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"Vca")

i_out = 2
filename = slv.l_filename_all[i_slv][i_out]
print('filename:', filename)
u2 = np.loadtxt(filename)
t2 = u2[:, 0]

col_g1 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"g1")
col_g2 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"g2")
col_g3 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"g3")
col_g4 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"g4")
col_g5 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"g5")
col_g6 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"g6")

l_v_o = calc.avg_rms_2(t1, u1[:,col_v_o], 0, 2.0*T, 1.0e-5*T)
t_v_o = np.array(l_v_o[0])

print('average value of v_o:', "%11.4E"%l_v_o[1][0])

fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, sharex=False)
plt.subplots_adjust(wspace=0, hspace=0.0)

set_size(6.5, 7, ax[0])

for i in range(2):
    ax[i].set_xlim(left=0.0, right=2.0*T*1e3)
    ax[i].grid(color='#CCCCCC', linestyle='solid', linewidth=0.5)

ax[0].set_ylabel(r'voltage', fontsize=12)
ax[1].set_ylabel(r'$g_x$'  , fontsize=12)

ax[0].tick_params(labelbottom=False)

color1 = "tomato"
color2 = "dodgerblue"
color3 = "olive"
color4 = "blue"
color5 = "grey"
color6 = "green"
color7 = "darkcyan"

ax[0].plot(t1*1e3, u1[:,col_Vab], color=color1, linewidth=1.0, label="$V_{ab}$")
ax[0].plot(t1*1e3, u1[:,col_Vbc], color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$V_{bc}$")
ax[0].plot(t1*1e3, u1[:,col_Vca], color=color3, linewidth=1.0, label="$V_{ca}$")
ax[0].plot(t1*1e3, u1[:,col_v_o], color=color4, linewidth=1.0, label="$v_o$")

ax[0].plot(t_v_o*1e3, l_v_o[1], color=color4, linewidth=1.0, label="$v_o^{avg}$", linestyle='--', dashes=(5,3))

ax[1].plot(t2*1e3, (u2[:,col_g1]      ), color=color1, linewidth=1.0, label="$g_1$")
ax[1].plot(t2*1e3, (u2[:,col_g2] - 1.2), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$g_2$")
ax[1].plot(t2*1e3, (u2[:,col_g3] - 2.4), color=color3, linewidth=1.0, label="$g_3$")
ax[1].plot(t2*1e3, (u2[:,col_g4] - 3.6), color=color5, linewidth=1.0, label="$g_4$")
ax[1].plot(t2*1e3, (u2[:,col_g5] - 4.8), color=color6, linewidth=1.0, label="$g_5$")
ax[1].plot(t2*1e3, (u2[:,col_g6] - 6.0), color=color7, linewidth=1.0, label="$g_6$")

ax[1].set_xlabel('time (msec)', fontsize=12)
ax[1].tick_params(left = False)
ax[1].set_yticks([])

for i in range(2):
    ax[i].legend(loc = 'lower right',frameon = True, fontsize = 10, title = None,
      markerfirst = True, markerscale = 1.0, labelspacing = 0.5, columnspacing = 2.0,
      prop = {'size' : 12})

#plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

filename: controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_2.dat
filename: controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_3.dat
average value of v_o:  1.2638E+02
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import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
import gseim_calc as calc
from setsize import set_size

f_hz = 50.0
T = 1.0/f_hz

slv = calc.slv("controlled_rectifier_3ph_1.in")

i_slv = 0
i_out = 0
filename = slv.l_filename_all[i_slv][i_out]
print('filename:', filename)
u1 = np.loadtxt(filename)
t1 = u1[:, 0]

col_IR  = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IR")
col_IT1 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IT1")
col_IT2 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IT2")
col_IT3 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IT3")
col_IT4 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IT4")
col_IT5 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IT5")
col_IT6 = slv.get_index(i_slv,i_out,"IT6")

l_IR = calc.avg_rms_2(t1, u1[:,col_IR], 0, 2.0*T, 1.0e-5*T)
t_IR = np.array(l_IR[0])

print('average value of IR:', "%11.4E"%l_IR[1][0])

fig, ax = plt.subplots(7, sharex=False)
plt.subplots_adjust(wspace=0, hspace=0.0)

set_size(6.5, 8, ax[0])

for i in range(7):
    ax[i].set_xlim(left=0.0, right=2.0*T*1e3)
    ax[i].grid(color='#CCCCCC', linestyle='solid', linewidth=0.5)

ax[0].set_ylabel(r'$I_R$'   , fontsize=12)
ax[1].set_ylabel(r'$I_{T1}$', fontsize=12)
ax[2].set_ylabel(r'$I_{T2}$', fontsize=12)
ax[3].set_ylabel(r'$I_{T3}$', fontsize=12)
ax[4].set_ylabel(r'$I_{T4}$', fontsize=12)
ax[5].set_ylabel(r'$I_{T5}$', fontsize=12)
ax[6].set_ylabel(r'$I_{T6}$', fontsize=12)

for k in range(6):
    ax[k].tick_params(labelbottom=False)

color1 = "red"
color2 = "blue"

ax[0].plot(t1*1e3, u1[:,col_IR], color=color1, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_R$")

ax[0].plot(t_IR*1e3, l_IR[1], color=color1, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_R^{avg}$", linestyle='--', dashes=(5,3))

ax[1].plot(t1*1e3, (u1[:,col_IT1]), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_{T1}$")
ax[2].plot(t1*1e3, (u1[:,col_IT2]), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_{T2}$")
ax[3].plot(t1*1e3, (u1[:,col_IT3]), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_{T3}$")
ax[4].plot(t1*1e3, (u1[:,col_IT4]), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_{T4}$")
ax[5].plot(t1*1e3, (u1[:,col_IT5]), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_{T5}$")
ax[6].plot(t1*1e3, (u1[:,col_IT6]), color=color2, linewidth=1.0, label="$I_{T6}$")

ax[6].set_xlabel('time (msec)', fontsize=12)

ax[0].legend(loc = 'lower right',frameon = True, fontsize = 10, title = None,
  markerfirst = True, markerscale = 1.0, labelspacing = 0.5, columnspacing = 2.0,
  prop = {'size' : 12})

#plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

filename: controlled_rectifier_3ph_1_1.dat
average value of IR:  1.2638E+01
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This notebook was contributed by Prof. Nakul Narayanan K, Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur. He may be contacted at nakul@gectcr.ac.in.

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